Land and water toy



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United States Patent LAND AND WATER TOY Marvin I. Glass, Chicago, Ill.

Application December 1, 1954, Serial No. 472,325

2 Claims. (Cl. 46-92) This invention relates to a land and water toy.

One of the objects of this invention is to provide a land and water toywhich produces a wobbling action as the toy is being propelled.

Another object of this invention is to provide a land and water toywhich has a toy figure adapted to move up and down as the toy moves.

Another object is to provide a simple and inexpensive toy which ishighly entertaining and provides play value for the child.

Other objects will become apparent as this description progresses.

In the drawings:

Fig. l is a top plan view of the toy.

Fig. 2 is a side elevational view thereof.

Fig. 3 is a view taken on lines 33 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a view partly in cross section taken on lines 4-4 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 5 is a side elevational view taken on lines 55 of Fig. 4.

Fig. 6 is a view taken on line 6-6 of Fig. 4 and Fig. 7 is a view takenon line 7--7 of Fig. 4.

The toy comprises a housing formed of an upper hollow section 10 andlower hollow section '12, joined together by screws 14 passing throughthe flange 16 in the upper section and secured to bosses 18 formed inthe lower section. The sections may be glued or otherwise securedtogether. The lower section has a suitable recess or cutout in the sidesthereof to receive an axle 22. Fixedly secured to the opposite ends ofthe axle are pad- The axle is secured to the wheels in off centerposition, that is the paddle wheels are supported on the axle eccentricto the center of the wheel as will now be described.

The wheels 24 and 26 are identically constructed. Each wheel has acircular plate 29 with a circular hub 31 which has an enlarged bore 33.Extending outwardly from the hub are radial blades or fins which extendto the periphery of the circular plate 29. A boss is formed adjacent theinside of the hub 31 said boss is in olf center position. The boss forthe wheel 24 is designated by the numeral 24a and the boss for the wheel26 -is designated by the numeral 26a. Each boss has a bore in which theaxle 22 is fixedly secured.

The wheels 24 and 26 are positioned so that the bosses 24a and 26a arespaced 180 from each other as best shown in Fig. 4. The paddle wheelsare fixedly mounted on the axle 22 at points eccentric to the center ofeach wheel with one point spaced radially 180 from the other point, sothat as the wheels rotate the axle 22 2,900,758 Patented Aug. 25, 1959MIC .. the tilting of the axle the same action will be imparted to thetoy since the axle is secured to the toy body.

Theaxle 22 has a pinion 27 and a cam member 28 fixedly mounted thereon.A transverse shaft 30 is journaled in the opposite sides of the lowerhousing. Said shaft supports a coiled spring 32, one end of which issecured to the shaft 30 as at 34 with the opposite end anchored as at 36to the lower housing.

A gear 38 is fixedly mounted on the shaft 30 and meshes with the pinion27 to drive same and rotate the axle 22.

The upper housing 10 has a top opening 40 and a downwardly extendingguide boss 42 which has a bore communicating with said opening. Aspindle 44 slides vertically within said opening and boss. Said spindlehas a toy head 46 mounted at the top thereof and a knob 48 at the lowerend thereof. These limit the vertical movement of the spindle.

The knob 48 of the spindle is in constant engagement with the cam 28 sothat as said cam rotates the high point of the cam pushes the spindleand head 46 upwardly and as the cam continues rotating the weight of thehead and the spindle will cause the head to drop down so there is acontinuous up and down movement of the head 46 as the toy is beingpropelled.

The toy is wound by rotating the wheels 24 and 26 clockwise as viewed inFig. 1. The axle 22 and pinion 27 will rotate the shaft 30 and gear 38counterclockwise to tension the spring 32. When the toy is released thegear 38 will rotate clockwise and rotate axle 22, pinion 27 and wheels24 and 26 counterclockwise to propel the toy forwardly. It may beoperated on a land surface or on the water to propel the toy.

Simultaneously with the forward movement of the toy the cam 28 will beoperating the spindle 44 to cause the head 46 to alternately move up anddown.

Due to the OE center arrangement of the axle 22 with respect to thewheels 24 and 26 the toy will alternately wobble from side to side assame is being propelled. This action takes place both on land andin thewater.

The action performed by the toy is very interesting and fascinating tothe child.

It will 'be understood that various changes and modifications may bemade from the foregoing without departing from the spirit and scope ofthe appended claims.

I claim:

1. A self propelled toy vehicle for land or water comprising a bodyadapted to serve as a boat or as a land motor vehicle, an axle securedto said body, a pair of paddle wheels fixedly mounted on said axle atpoints eccentric to the center of each wheel, each of said wheels havingradial blades, the mounting point of each wheel being displaced relativeto the mounting point of the other wheel, means within said body forsupporting a coil spring transversely of said body, means between saidcoil spring and said axle adapted to tension said coil spring byrotation of said wheels in one direction, said wheels when releasedadapted to rotate in the opposite direction to propel said vehicle onland or water and to cause same to wobble from side to side as same isbeing propelled on land or water.

2. A self propelled toy vehicle for land or water comprising a bodyhaving an axle secured to said body, a

pair of wheels fixedly mounted on said axle at points eccentric to thecenter of each Wheel, the mounting point of one Wheel being displacedrelative to the mounting point of the other wheel, said wheels, eachhaving radial blades, said axle having a pinion and a cam member mountedthereon, a transverse shaft secured to said body and having a gearthereon in mesh with said pinion, a coiled spring mounted on said shaftfor rotating said shaft to drive said gear, said coil spring adapted tobe tensioned 'by rotation of said wheels in one direction, said wheelswhen released adapted to rotate in the opposite direction to propel saidvehicle and to cause said References Cited in the file of this patentUNITED STATES PATENTS 340,655 Bogner Apr. 27, 1886 1,440,794 Rayder Jan.2, 1923 1,681,666 Higgins Aug. 21, 1928 2,419,872 Beder Apr. 29, 1947

